This is an analysis of the poem Den 22de April 1847 that begins with:
Det er en hellig Dag blandt Livets Dage,
En Alvors Dag, der kalder Tanken frem;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011101 1101110101 110111101 110101111 0111111 111111 10110110110 1101111110 10110110010 11111100 11011001000 111001110 110101101 1111111 110110111 1100111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).
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